ISOPE Scholarship for Outstanding Students

The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) encourages college graduate students to study and/or to engage in research in the field of Offshore Mechanics.  For this purpose, each year the ISOPE will provide ISOPE Scholarships for Outstanding Students dependent upon available funds.

History

Offshore Mechanics Scholarship for Outstanding Students was established on August 12, 1989 by Offshore Mechanics and Polar Engineering Council (OMPEC), a non-profit organization, approved by Internal Revenue Services under Code 501(c)(3) from the US Federal government agency.  Upon the establishment of ISOPE, the scholarship was cosponsored by both OMPEC and ISOPE until 1994.  Upon the OMPEC merger with ISOPE in 1995, the scholarship has been administered by ISOPE.

Guidelines and Selection Procedure (August 12, 1989)

Recipients of ISOPE Scholarship for Outstanding Students (1990- )

Offshore Mechanics Scholarships with $700 each for outstanding students and certificates have been awarded annually by ISOPE and Offshore Mechanics and Polar Engineering Council (OMPEC) since 1990.  The recipients are:

1990-91: Mr. Hong-yu Pan (Dalian University of Technology, China) and Mr. Athanassios A. Dimas (M.I.T., USA)

1991-92: Mr. Teofilo Monge Rufin, Jr. (Nagoya University), Mr. Knut Streitlien (MIT)

1992-93: Ms. Michelle Elise Johnston (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada) and Mr. Bradley Alfred Moran (M.I.T.)

1993-94: Ms. Jun Zang (Dalian University of Technology, China) and Seamus T. Tuohy (MIT)

1994-95: Mr. Han J. Cho (Colorado School of Mines/Stanford University)

1995-96: Mr. Peter D. Rogers (Colorado School of Mines), Mr. Tao Qi (University of Tokyo) and Mr. Mehrdad M. Mortazavi (University of California at Berkely)

1996-97: Mr. Koji Kawasaki (adviser: Prof. Iwata), Nagoya University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Nagoya, Japan.  Mr. Jae Joon Yoon (adviser: prof. Cho), Hong-Ik University, Dept. of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering, Chochiwon, Korea, Mr. Jun Zou (adviser: prof. C.H. Kim), Texas A&M University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, College Station, Texas, USA, Mr. Yong Gang Zhang (adviser: prof. Y.C. Li), Dept. of Civil Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, Ms. Olga Alekseevna Komarova (adviser: prof. A. Bekker), Far-Eastern Politechnical University, Hydroengineering Dept., Vladivostok, Russia

1997-98: Mr. Nick K Milani (Advisor: Prof. P. Grundy); Dept. of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Australia; Mr. Ayman M. Mostafa (Advisor: Dr. N. Mizutani); Dept. of Civil Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan; Mr. Todd R. Jackson (Advisor: Dr. Xiuzi Ye); Dept. of Ocean Engineering, M I T, Cambridge, MA, USA; Mr. O.A. Kozyrko (Advisor: Prof. Y.V. Zacharov), Mechanical Engineering Department, Ukrainian State Maritime Tech Univ, Nikolaev, Ukraine; Mr. Christian Muench (Advisor: Prof. R. Puthli); Karlsruhe University, Karlsruhe, Germany.

1998-99: Mr. John W. van de Lindt (Advisor: Prof. J.M. Niedswecki), Dept. of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University. College Station, TX, USA; Ms. Silke Willibald (Advisor: Prof. Ram Puthli), Karlsruhe University, Karlsruhe, Germany; Mr. Michael P. O�Neill (Advisor: Prof. Mark Randolph), Dept. of Civil Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Australia, Nedlands, Australia; Mr. Bing Chen (Advisor: Prof. Yu-cheng Li), Dalian University of Technology, Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian, China; Mr. Sherif L. El-Gharbawy (Advisor: Prof. Roy E. Olson), University of Texas at Austin, Dept. of Civil Engineering, USA

1999-2000: Mr. Heuisoo Han (Advisor: Prof. Sangchul Bang), South Dakota School of Mines, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rapid City, SD, USA; Mr. Chengwang Lei (Advisor: Dr. K T Kavanagh), University of Western Australia, Department of Civil Engineering, Nedlands, Australia; Mr. D.G. Roddier (Advisor: Prof. R. W. Yeung), University of California at Berkeley, Ocean Engineering Graduate Group, Berkeley, USA; Mr. William E. Rodrigues (Advisor: Dr. J. Falzarano), University of New Orleans, Department of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, New Orleans, LA, USA; Mr. Dong-Soo Hur, Nagoya University (Advisor: Prof. Koichiro Iwata), Department of Civil Engineering, Nagoya, Japan.

2000-2001: Mr. Mohamed R. Islam, Yokohama National University, Japan, Mr. Longbin Tao, University of Western Australia, Australia, Mr. Zhongmin Wang, Texas A&M University, USA, Mr. Dingwu Xia, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA

2001-2002: Mr. Nungsoo Kim, Texas A&M University, USA; Mr. Yan-Nam Oh, Griffith University Gold Coast Campus, Australia; Mr. Chih-ying Lin, Natl. Cheng Kung University, Taiwan; Mr. Xudong Qian, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Mr. James P Doherty, University of Western Australia, Australia; Mr. Abolghasem Nezamian, Monash University, Australia

2002-2003:  Nungsoo Kim, Texas A&M University, Civil Engineering/Ocean Engineering, USA; Yan-Nam Oh, Griffith University Gold Coast Campus, Engineering, Australia; Chih-ying Lin, Natl. Cheng Kung University, Civil Engineering, Taiwan; Xudong Qian, National University of Singapore, Civil Engineering, Singapore; James P Doherty, University of Western Australia, Civil Engineering, Australia; Mr. Abolghasem Nezamian, Monash University, Civil Engineering, Australia.

2003-2004Mr. Ioannis Moatsos, Dept. of Naval Arch. & Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom; Mr. Mohammed Fazlul Karim, Dept. of Civil & Environ. Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan ; Ms. Liujuan Tang, Dept. of Ocean & Resources Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI , USA; Mr. Sangsoo Ryu, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.

2004-2005:  Miss Alessandra Romolo, Department of Mechanics and Materials, University �Mediterranea� of Reggio Calabria, Italy; Mr. Wen Chen, Department of Civil and Resources Engineering, University of Western Australia, Australia; Mr. Jaw Woei Boh, Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Mr. Rami M. El-Sherbiny, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, USA; Mr. Bimal Shrestha, Department of Civil Engineering, Osaka Sangyo University, Japan

2005-2006 Mr. Daeho Fred Cha, GriffithUniversity, Gold Coast Campus, School of Engineering, Australia; Mr. Yun Sok Ha, Seoul National University, Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Korea; Mr. Md. Kamruzzaman, Yokohama National University, Department of Environment and System Sciences, Japan; Mr. Yong-Won Lee, University of New Castle Upon Tyne, School of Marine Science & Technology, United Kingdom; Mr. Dezhi Ning, Dalian University of Technology, State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, China

2006-2007:  Ms. Eelke Focke, Delft University of Technology, Civil Engineering, Delft, The Netherlands;  Mr. Seung Jae Lee, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA; Mr. Yonguk Ryu, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA; Mr. Subhas Karan Venayagamoorthy, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Mr. Daniel Walker, Magdalen College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

2007-2008:  Mr. Muhammad Shazzad Hossain, Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems, University of Western Australia, Australia: Mr. Jong Hyun Lee, School of Marine Science & Technology, Newcastle University, United Kingdom: Ms. Evangelia Loukogeorgaki, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece: Mr. Md. Azizul Moqsud, Institute of Lowland Technology, Saga University, Japan: Mr. Li Ye, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada

2008-2009Mr. Matthew B. Greytak, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, M.I.T., USA:  Mr. Osama A. Marzouk, Dept. of Engineering Science & Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, USA, Mr. Rudi Walujo Prastianto, Dept. of Marine System Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan, Mr. Zhenhe Song, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, Australia, Ms. Chen Xie, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA

2009-2010: Mr. Kyong-Hwan Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea: Mr. Johannes Spinneken, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom: Mr. Ashkan Rafiee, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia